• 1980 - Vietnamese Allowed to Immigrate Legally
• 1980 - Correct Definition of Japanese is Approved
• 1980 - Japanese are Sworn as Citizens
• 1980 - Carol Kawanami is Elected
• 1980 - APA Organization is Formed
• 1980 - 1st Philippine Festival
• 1981 - US Government Recognize Internment Injustice
• 1981 - Maya Lin Designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• 1982 - Vincent Chin is Killed
• 1982 - Chol Soo Lee is Acquited
• 1982 - NAAAP is Formed
• 1983 - Subrahmanyan Chanctrasekhar Wins Nobel Prize
• 1983 - Petitions to Overturn WWII Evacuation Orders
• 1983 - Korean American Coalition is Formed
• 1983 - Wah Mee Massacre
• 1983 - Hate Crime Vs. Vietnamese Student
• 1984 - 1st Presidential Candidate in NYC's Chinatown
• 1984 - Fred Korematsu
• 1984 - Ellison Onizuka: 1st APA Astronaut
• 1985 - Michael Woo - 1st AA L.A. City Council Member
• 1985 - Haing Ngor Wins an Oscar
• 1985 - Charles Ng & Leonard Lake - Serial Killers
• 1985 - Irene Natividad - 1st Asian President of National Org.
• 1986 - 1st Surburban Chinatown in the United States
• 1986 - Immigration Reform and Control Act
• 1986 - 1st Meeting with the President
• 1986 - Protests in Boston
• 1987 - House of Representatives Agree to Reparations
• 1987 - 1st Asian American Democrats Convention
• 1987 - Japanese American Exhibit at the Smithsonian
• 1987 - Protests Against Segregation
• 1987 - Ivy League ASU Formed
• 1987 - Anti-Asian Hate Attacks in New Jersey
• 1988 - American Homecoming Act
• 1988 - Reparations to Interned Japanese Americans
• 1988 - Friends of Museum of Chinese American History
• 1988 - Reparations for Japanese American Internees
• 1989 - Government Payments to Japanese Americans
• 1989 - Vietnamese Political Prisoners Can Immigrate
• 1989 - Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans is Founded
• 1989 - David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly Wins a Tony Award
• 1989 - Julia Chang Bloch - 1st APA Ambassador
• 1989 - Asian Americans in Sports and Movies
• 1989 - Anti-Asian American Violence
• 1989 - Anti-Asian American Laws
• 1989 - Southeast Asian Children are Killed by Racist
• 1988 - 1st AA Sport Hero (Michael Chang)
• 1989 - Hate Crime Shooting
  

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1990 to 1999

• 1990 - Hate Crimes Statistics Act is Passed
• 1990 - Laotian American Attacked by White Suspects
• 1991 - National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
• 1991 - Miss Saigon Protest
• 1991 - Boston Chinatown Massacre
• 1991 - Anti-Japanese American Sentimenets
• 1992 - May is Declared "Asian Pacific American Month"
• 1992 - Asian Pacific Ameican Labor Alliance Founded
• 1992 - Kristi Yamaguichi Wins Gold Medal
• 1992 - Japanese Student Murdered
• 1992 - Rodney King Riots
• 1992 - Thomas Kozak is Acquited
• 1992 - Lawsuit on Asian American Quota Limitations
• 1992 - Vietnamese American Student Victim of Hate Crime
• 1993 - Asian American Women's Leadership Org. is Formed
• 1993 - Worker's Union is Formed
• 1993 - Asian American Studies is Formed at Berkley
• 1993 - Hawaii Recognizes Hawaii's Sovereignty
• 1993 - Cambodian Americans Killed Because of Hate
• 1993 - JACL's Office is Bombed
• 1994 - Margaret Cho's "All American Girl" show on TV
• 1994 - Proposition 187
• 1994 - Hawaii's Land is Returned
• 1994 - Police Discrimination Practices
• 1994 - 1st Awardee of NEA Award
• 1994 - Asian American Hate Crime Vs. Vietnamese American
• 1994 - Yahoo is Born
• 1995 - Asian Art Museum Opens / Chong-Moon Lee's $15M Donation
• 1995 - Asian American Political Organization (APAICS)
• 1995 - National Asian Pacific American Bar Ass. is Formed
• 1995 - Fastest Growing Segment of the United States
• 1995 - San Francisco and New York Protests
• 1995 - Asian American Hate Crimes on the Increase
• 1995 - Vietnamese Americans are Killed Because of Hate
• 1995 - Attacker Wanted to Kill a "Chinaman"
• 1996 - 1st Asian American Governor on the Mainland
• 1996 - Rice Vs. Cayetano
• 1996 - 1st AA-Elected Governor of Mainland State (Gary Locke)
• 1996 - Vili Faulaau
• 1996 - Hotmail was Formed
• 1996 - Proposition 209
• 1996 - National APA Women's Forum Formed
• 1996 - Race-Tarageted Threats & Beatings
• 1996 - White Gunman Stated "I Killed a Jap Awhile Ago"
• 1996 - Hate Crimes Through the Internet
• 1997 - Anti-Asian Crimes Increased in 1996
• 1997 - Bill Lann Lee Appointed Assistant Attorney General
• 1997 - Tiger Woods
• 1997 - NFFAA is Formed
• 1997 - CA. Passes Bill Confirming Unbias Treatment
• 1997 - Denny's Incident
• 1997 - Takashi Yasuhara is Charged
• 1997 - Hate Crime in Sonoma County
• 1998 - Johnny Chung is Convicted of Illegal Campaign Funds
• 1998 - Amy Wong Wins Ms. Deaf California
• 1998 - Nisei Honored at Baseball's Hall of Fame
• 1999 - Tribute to WWII's Chinese American Soldiers
• 1999 - 15 Years Old Penny Chang Stalked by White Killer
• 1999 - Offensive Comic Strip in NY Post
• 1999 - President's Executive Order REgarding APA's Growth
• 1999 - 1st Woman Graduate of VMI (Asian Cadet)
• 1999 - Japanese American National Museum Opens
• 1999 - Kingman Quon is Convicted
• 1999 - Won-Joon Yoon is Killed
• 1999 - Joseph Ileto is Killed
• 1999 - Sandra Tsing Loh is the Host on the Show "Later"
• 1999 - Eric Shenseki - 1st AA-Elected of a Military Service Branch
• 1999 - Naoki Kamijima - Victim of a Hate Crime
• 1999 - CAA Addresses the Census Undercount of APA's
• 1999 - Wen Ho Lee is Accused Again
• 1999 - John MacArturh's Views on China's Influence
• 1999 - Asian American Artistry Goes Online
  

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